Tilly's Petting Farm
© 2011 Teacher Tilly
Touch a cartoon-ish farm-related object or animal to hear a sample sound, and hear it labeled, animated and described. For example, if you touch the donkey, you might hear "the donkey has big ears," along with a donkey sound and an animated routine. Content includes 300 sentences, along with moving pictures and sounds. The app is based on the idea that children learn better by making associations between objects and words. The app uses a clever sliding lock feature to keep younger children from leaving a page; a nice touch. The experience is responsive and based on valid learning theory, although it feels limited in content with just four scenes to explore and the cartoony animation seems less than academic. The upside to this is that it seems less academic, and perhaps more playful. This is the first of a planned series.
$1.99, iPad, iPhone
Teaches: language, vocabulary, farms, animals, reading
CTR Rating: 82%